The power consumption of Intelís 65nm single-core Cedar Mill processors is likely to be around 65W, down from the around 115W of the current Prescott CPUs, according to sources at Taiwan motherboard makers who have seen Intelís CPU roadmap. The Cedar Mill is scheduled to be launched in early next year.

However, the power consumption of Intelís 65nm, dual-core Presler CPU, also to be launched in the first quarter of 2006, will still be at the same level as the dual-core Smithfield CPU, at around 130W, the sources said. The Smithfield CPU is slated for launch in the second quarter of this year.

The actual power consumption of the Presler will be known when Intel begins to deliver the samples of the dual-core CPU to its clients in the third quarter of this year, the sources said.